[Midrashic anthology to the Bible]. Attributed to Shimon the Preacher of Frankfurt. Part II only: Nevi’im-Kethuvim (of 2).

YALKUT SHIMONI.

Don Judah Gedaliah and Moses Soncino

Salonika

1521

FIRST EDITION . Issued without a title page. Scattered marginalia.

Vinograd, Salonika 14; Mehlman 200.

A rare complete volume from the first edition of a most celebrated text. The Yalkut is… “The best known and most comprehensive Midrashic anthology, covering the whole Bible… It has been published frequently but many errors have crept into it. For accurate reading one can only rely on the Salonika edition.” (EJ, Vol. XVI, cols. 707-9.) An interesting note in regard to the publishing history of the Salonika Yalkut: The present volume was issued five years prior to what was to become the first volume, that of the Yalkut Shimoni on Chumash, printed in 1526.